scholarly journals Masculinity and Race-Related Factors as Barriers to Health Help-Seeking Among African American Men

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wizdom Powell ◽  
Leslie B. Adams ◽  
Yasmin Cole-Lewis ◽  
Amma Agyemang ◽  
Rachel D. Upton
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Barriers To Health

Structural Health and the Politics of African American Masculinity

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 68S-72S ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan M. Metzl
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Black Men ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Barriers To Health

This commentary describes ways in which notions of African American men’s “health” attained by individual choice—embedded in the notion that African American men should visit doctors or engage in fewer risky behaviors—are at times in tension with larger cultural, economic, and political notions of “health.” It argues that efforts to improve the health of Black men must take structural factors into account, and failure to do so circumvents even well-intentioned efforts to improve health outcomes. Using historical examples, the article shows how attempts to identify and intervene into what are now called social determinants of health are strengthened by addressing on-the-ground diagnostic disparities and also the structural violence and racism embedded within definitions of illness and health. And, that, as such, we need to monitor structural barriers to health that exist in institutions ostensibly set up to incarcerate or contain Black men and in institutions ostensibly set up to help them.

Barriers to Help Seeking Among African American Men: Modeling the Influence of Race and Gender

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wizdom P. Hammond ◽  
Yasmin Cole-Lewis ◽  
Justin Smith ◽  
Travis Melvin ◽  
Donald Parker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender

African American Men, Gender Role Conflict, and Help Seeking: The Role of Cultural Mistrust

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Wester ◽  
David L. Vogel ◽  
Neeta Kantamneni ◽  
Asale Hubbard ◽  
David E. Dich
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Role Conflict ◽  
Gender Role Conflict ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Cultural Mistrust

scholarly journals An Exploratory Study of Attitudes Toward Psychological Help Seeking Among African American Men

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Cadaret ◽  
Suzette L. Speight
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Help ◽  
Help Seeking Attitudes ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors

Disparities in health care are a significant social problem affecting millions of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. To better understand these disparities, the current study explored the relationship between self- and social stigma, John Henryism, hardiness, and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help in a community sample of 120 Black men ( Mage = 42.72 years, SD = 13.26). Additionally, participants completed measures of potential covariates, which included occupation, highest education, and income. Results suggest that self-stigma is a major deterrent to seeking help for psychological issues. This relationship is moderated by both age and occupation. Hardiness negatively influenced self-stigma for help seeking and had a positive indirect influence on attitudes toward help seeking. Findings support previous research on help-seeking attitudes among African American men and suggest that personal characteristics, such as age, occupation, and coping style can influence help-seeking behaviors.

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